Large vehicle blindspot monitor

A large vehicle blind spot monitor comprising, in combination:

• a large vehicle having a rear face, a front face, and an interior driver compartment with a steering wheel and dash;
• a pair of camera units each including a wide angle camera for generating a real time continuous video image only during the actuation thereof, a heat sensor for generating an activation signal upon the detection of a temperature greater than a predetermined amount, a sound detector for generating the activation signal upon the detection of a sound with a magnitude greater than a predetermined amount, and a motion detector for generating the activation signal only upon the detection of motion;
• said pair of cameras units including a front camera unit mounted to a top edge of the front face of the large vehicle and directed forwardly and downwardly and a rear camera unit mounted to a top edge of the rear face of the large vehicle and directed rearwardly and downwardly;
• a pair of screens mounted to the dash of the large vehicle in a side-by-side relationship, each screen connected to an associated one of the camera units for displaying the video image upon the receipt thereof;
• an audible alarm situated on the dash of the large vehicle for emitting an audible sound upon the receipt of the activation signal;
• a visual alarm situated on the dash of the large vehicle adjacent the screens for providing a visual alarm upon the receipt of the activation signal;
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• control means connected between the camera units, screens, audible alarm and visual alarm, the control means adapted to transmit the activation signal to the audible and visual alarms upon the receipt thereof and further actuate each camera unit only upon the receipt of the activation signal from the corresponding camera unit thus allowing a driver to view blind spots to the front and rear of the large vehicle.